A–Vest rights and duties, list of three
Resolved: The United States should vest legal rights and/or duties in one or more of the following: artificial intelligence, nature, nonhuman animal species.
B–Vest rights, no duties, list of two (No AI)
Resolved: The United States should vest legal rights in nature and/or nonhuman species.
C–Vest rights only, list of three
Resolved: The United States should vest legal rights in one or more of the following: artificial intelligence, nature, nonhuman animal species.
D–Broad, class of entities, no vest
Resolved: The United States should expand the class of entities recognized as legal persons.
E–Vest rights, no personhood
Resolved: The United States should vest legal rights and/or duties in nonhuman entities it has not recognized as legal persons.
F- Vest rights, no duties, list of three (No AI)
Resolved: The United States should vest legal rights in one or more of the following: future generations of humans, nature, nonhuman animal species.
G- Fed, Vest, broad.
Resolved: The United States Federal Government should vest legal rights and/or duties in entities it has not recognized as legal persons.
H- Fed, Vest, list (future gen, not AI), rights only
Resolved: The United States Federal Government should vest legal rights in one or more of the following: future generations of humans, nature, nonhuman animal species.
I – Fed, Vest, list (AI + Future), rights only
Resolved: The United States Federal Government should vest legal rights in one or more of the following: artificial intelligence, future generations of humans, nature, nonhuman animal species.